I'm so thrilled to get to sing with such talented like-minded musicians. I had to wake up a few brain cells that haven't been used in a while. Not only did I love the challenge, but it fed a too-often neglected part of my soul!

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Don’t miss this opportunity to sing two of the most popular pieces of choral music in today’s repertoire; there's a reason people love to sing this music! Led by conductor Michael Ciavaglia in his Collegium Cincinnati debut, you will enjoy the opportunity to sing with the fantastic soloists and orchestra of Collegium Cincinnati.

Among his many other activities, Dr. Ciavaglia has worked for numerous years with the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and is a graduate of CCM. You'll love singing for him!

No audition is necessary for this experience. Singers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult; singers under 13 wishing to participate must have approval of the director.

Michael Ciavaglia, Conductor

Michael A. Ciavaglia, DMA, is a conductor and teacher active in the fields of choral performance, opera and higher education. In addition to his work with NYCHORAL, Dr. Ciavaglia is on the music staff at the Cincinnati Opera in Ohio, where he is in residence each summer. This season he conducted The Elixir of Love at the Asheville Lyric Opera, where he is Music Director designate. He is on the faculty of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, where he teaches music history and voice. He has conducted the Fairfield University Glee Club and Chamber Singers throughout the Northeast and in Europe.

Dr. Ciavaglia has taught and conducted at Mars Hill University and at Northern Kentucky University, and has prepared choruses for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Richard Tucker Memorial Gala, and numerous performances with superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli. He has sung with professional vocal ensembles including the Windrush Ensemble (Ohio), the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble and Archangel Voices (Connecticut). He is an active proponent of Russian Orthodox choral music in liturgical and concert performance, and a coach of Church Slavonic and Russian diction.

Dr. Ciavaglia’s culminating doctoral document, The Choral Music of Robert De Cormier (2013), included the first complete catalogue of Robert De Cormier’s published choral compositions and arrangements. He is an alumnus of the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University and of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.